The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The Guardian Forum yesterday demanded introduction of the Structural Questionnaire Method from class six in 2009 and cancelling it for the students who will sit for the SSC examinations in 2010.

Addressing a press conference at the office of the Dhaka Reporters' Unity, the forum demanded of the government for taking adequate steps for imparting training to the teachers for this particular method of teaching

and preparing the students for this purpose.

Advocate Abed Raza, convenor of the forum, placed a seven-point charter of demand for the consideration of the government.

They include appointment of impartial academician in the newly formed committee constituted for this purpose and dropping its secretary Nazrul Islam Khan for his alleged indulgence in corrupt practices.

Amena Begum Zarna, aguardian of student of Viqarun-noon-nesa School and college, Fouzia Parveen of Udoyan School, Selina Akter and Nilufer Sultana of Government Laboratories, Dhanmondi and Nilufer Ahmed of Rifles Public School and College, among others, were present at the press conference.

They threatened that they would allow their wards to sit for the SSC examinations in 2010 if the new system is not abandoned right now.

The future of 10 lakh students will be jeopardised if the government imposed the new system on the students who are now reading in class nine,

Said Raza.

Referring the recent speech of Director General of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Department Prof Awrangajab at a view exchange meeting held at BIAM auditorium in the city, speakers at the press conference expressed their disapproval of it.